Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PART I POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT
- 1 Introduction: sources and interpretation
- 2 The British Isles
- (a) England, 700–900
- (b) Ireland, Scotland and Wales, c. 700 to the early eleventh century
- (c) England and the Continent
- 3 Frankish Gaul to 814
- 4 The Frankish kingdoms, 814–898: the West
- 5 The Frankish Kingdoms, 817–911: the East and Middle Kingdoms
- 6 Fines Imperii: the Marches
- 7 The Vikings in Francia and Anglo-Saxon England to 911
- 8 Scandinavia, c. 700–1066
- 9 Slavs and Bulgars
- 10 The Muslims in Europe
- 11 Spain: the northern kingdoms and the Basques, 711–910
- 12 Lombard and Carolingian Italy
- 13 Byzantine Italy, c. 680–c. 876
- 14 Byzantium and the west, 700–900
- PART II GOVERNMENT AND INSTITUTIONS
- PART III CHURCH AND SOCIETY
- PART IV CULTURE AND INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENTS
- Conclusion
- Appendix genealogical tables
- List of primary sources
- Bibliography of secondary works arranged by chapter
- Index of manuscripts
- General index
- Frontispiece">
- Plate section
- Map 4 Charlemagne’s Europe and Byzantium, 814
- Map 19 The ecclesiastical provinces of western Europe 700-900
- Map 20 Carolingian schools, scriptoria and literary centres
- Genealogical table X: Wessex
- References
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PART I POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT
- 1 Introduction: sources and interpretation
- 2 The British Isles
- (a) England, 700–900
- (b) Ireland, Scotland and Wales, c. 700 to the early eleventh century
- (c) England and the Continent
- 3 Frankish Gaul to 814
- 4 The Frankish kingdoms, 814–898: the West
- 5 The Frankish Kingdoms, 817–911: the East and Middle Kingdoms
- 6 Fines Imperii: the Marches
- 7 The Vikings in Francia and Anglo-Saxon England to 911
- 8 Scandinavia, c. 700–1066
- 9 Slavs and Bulgars
- 10 The Muslims in Europe
- 11 Spain: the northern kingdoms and the Basques, 711–910
- 12 Lombard and Carolingian Italy
- 13 Byzantine Italy, c. 680–c. 876
- 14 Byzantium and the west, 700–900
- PART II GOVERNMENT AND INSTITUTIONS
- PART III CHURCH AND SOCIETY
- PART IV CULTURE AND INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENTS
- Conclusion
- Appendix genealogical tables
- List of primary sources
- Bibliography of secondary works arranged by chapter
- Index of manuscripts
- General index
- Frontispiece">
- Plate section
- Map 4 Charlemagne’s Europe and Byzantium, 814
- Map 19 The ecclesiastical provinces of western Europe 700-900
- Map 20 Carolingian schools, scriptoria and literary centres
- Genealogical table X: Wessex
- References
Summary
ireland, Scotland and Wales were all Celtic countries, but their respective medieval populations did not know this and their Celticity (however one may define it) is not the reason for grouping them together (Map 2). They did share certain terms, including elements of a legal vocabulary, that point to common institutions in earlier times but one cannot posit a genetic relationship in any real sense. They were different societies, in close geographical contact, that had experiences in common, but reacted diversely. The first of these experiences was the Roman presence: Wales and part of Scotland were within the empire, Ireland and northern Scotland without, but profoundly influenced by it. The insular lands beyond the limes were heavily Romanised in material culture and their politico-military organisation was a reaction to Rome, in splendour and decline. Latin Christianity bound them together and set up close cultural contact between them. Their second shared experience lay in a twofold interaction with the expansionist Germanic world: first the Vikings, second the Anglo-Saxons. What began as Viking raiding opened the way to trade, settlement and urbanisation in varying degrees, tilted centres of power and influence towards the Irish Sea, and shaped the political development of all three. Finally, all experienced English aggression as a decisive force in their history – Wales, Scotland and Ireland in that order – throughout the middle ages.
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